Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T54
The men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.
| Men's 1500 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 30–31 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brent Lakatos (CAN) | 2:51.84 | Nottwil, Switzerland | 3 June 2017 |
| Paralympic Record |  Prawat Wahoram (THA) | 3:00.10 | Beijing, China | 15 September 2008 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 2:54.18 | Yassine Gharbi |  Tunisia |
| America | 2:51.84 WR | Brent Lakatos | Canada |
| Asia | 2:53.38 | Zhang Yong |  China |
| Europe | 2:52.11 | Richard Chiassaro |  Great Britain |
| Oceania | 2:58.88 | Jake Lappin | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
Results
Heats
Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:44:[2]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | T54 | 3:03.07 | Q |
| 2 | Zhang Yong | China | T54 | 3:03.45 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Julien Casoli |  France | T54 | 3:03.48 | Q |
| 4 | Masayuki Higuchi |  Japan | T54 | 3:03.60 | |
| 5 | Brent Lakatos | Canada | T53 | 3:03.72 | |
| 6 | Brian Siemann |  United States | T53 | 3:03.84 | |
| 7 | Dai Yunqiang | China | T54 | 3:04.24 | SB |
| 8 | Richard Chiassaro | Great Britain | T54 | 3:05.44 | SB |
| Alexey Bychenok |  RPC | T54 | DNS |
Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 12:51:[3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Hug |  Switzerland | T54 | 2:54.63 | Q, GR |
| 2 | Zhang Ying | China | T54 | 2:55.66 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T54 | 2:55.83 | Q |
| 4 | David Weir | Great Britain | T54 | 2:55.84 | q |
| 5 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | T54 | 2:56.03 | q |
| 6 | Daniel Sidbury | Great Britain | T54 | 2:56.26 | q, PB |
| 7 | Tomoki Suzuki | Japan | T54 | 2:56.34 | q, SB |
| 8 | Vitalii Gritsenko | RPC | T53 | 2:56.96 | PB |
| 9 | Aaron Pike | United States | T54 | 2:57.49 | |
| 10 | Alhassane Baldé |  Germany | T54 | 2:58.92 |
Final
The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:46:[4]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | T54 | 2:49.55 | WR |
 | Prawat Wahoram | Thailand | T54 | 2:50.20 | AR |
 | Putharet Khongrak | Thailand | T54 | 2:50.68 | PB |
| 4 | Zhang Yong | China | T54 | 2:50.78 | PB |
| 5 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | T54 | 2:50.86 | AR |
| 6 | Daniel Sidbury | Great Britain | T54 | 2:51.11 | PB |
| 7 | Julien Casoli | France | T54 | 2:51.69 | PB |
| 8 | Zhang Ying | China | T54 | 2:53.26 | PB |
| 9 | Tomoki Suzuki | Japan | T54 | 2:53.60 | PB |
| 10 | David Weir | Great Britain | T54 | 2:53.84 | PB |
References
- "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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